Like Asia’s first book, The Curious Kid’s Science Book is absolutely fabulous! It’s well organized, fully indexed, and beautifully designed with colorful, engaging photos. Your kids will find lots of activities they want to try after looking through the book. To read more reviews and see inside the book, check it out on Amazon.

The Curious Kid’s Science Book

There’s even an appendix telling where to find the supplies listed in the book.

Dinosaur Ice Melt Experiment for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Excited about the Dinosaur Ice Melt at 21 Months

Although Asia’s book is designed for ages 4-8, a number of the activities can be adapted for younger children. They’re open-ended enough that you can include a variety of ages in your activities … perfect for homeschools or classrooms with multiple ages!

Dinosaur Ice Melt Science Experiment

The dinosaur ice melt science experiment is adapted from the book’s “Challenge: Make Ice Melt Faster.” In the book, you’ll find suggestions for objects you could freeze in the ice cubes. I decided to use a few dinosaurs from Safari Ltd. Good Luck Mini Dino Fun Pack.

There are a number of suggestions for ingredients to test to see which make ice melt faster. We made the experiment simple enough for a toddler. We used a plain ice cube with dinosaur as the control and added salt to two other ice cubes containing dinosaurs. We didn’t worry about the exactness of the scientific method and simply used the activity as a fun introduction to science experiments. Zoey absolutely loved the activity and wants to repeat it. I’ve added the dinosaurs to some new ice cubes!

Dinosaur Ice Melt Experiment for Toddlers and Preschoolers – Video

Adding Salt to the Ice

Admiring the Tyrannosaurus Rex

The experiment even worked on scooping and spraying practical life skills and language skills in being introduced to the names of the dinosaurs.

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